my primary one best fren

time: 20.25pm

On the first day of primary school, it is normal to feel extreme fear and loneliness in the room of foreign faces.

On the first day of primary school, we had to stand in twos with your partner.

On my first day of primary school, a girl came up to me and asked loudly "CAN I BE YOUR PARTNER?"

with a voice like that, how dare i refuse....

Tall, bespectacled and with hair as explosive as her temper, she became my best friend. Sometimes i think it was by default of us being partners on the first day. She was horribly spoilt and bad tempered. She would call me names, pull my hair and make fun of me. And everytime, i would apologise without really knowing why.

We were in the same class for 4 years before going separate ways in primary 5. Our friendship took a different path as time went along. I stopped being so silly and submissive while she became responsible and good natured. We remained close despite being in different class. Her words were still the one i chose to fill up the last page of my personal diary.

We went on to st nicks together and spend 4 years in different class, different CCAs and different group of friends. Then separated again at JC.

But i guess some things just dun change with time. We met today, after 3 years and it was a lovely reunion. On my train ride to our meeting place, i felt this mix of excitement and fear. What if we had nothing to say? What if we have changed? What if she came dressed very nicely while i look silly in my shirt and shorts?

haha, its funny how much i worry. :p.

I miss the conversations we used to have. And the ease at being with her. It was lovely catching up as we sat in a corner of tcc for hours. Talking about the years spent together and the years spent apart, it felt like nothing has really changed.

When i was in sec one, i remember the very first lit test i had on "Friedrich". It was nerve wreaking. She was in another class that was having the test before me. During recess, i ran to her and asked her " Eh, how was it!?!". Then and there, she gave me the answer to EVERY question, nicely written in pink.

okok...please look past the blatant cheating at a young age and see the point of this. haha. i will always remember how touched i was at her unselfish action. I mean, every answer? I was seriously expecting her to tell me just some tips and pointers. Up to now, i have that slip of paper in my diary.

Small incidents like this, that i can remember never cease to amaze me.

It was wonderful meeting her today, the last day of 2007 and sadly i forgot to bring my cam. :(


"Kai ni! No more waiting another 3 years before meeting up ok? love ya big big. :)" (even though you prolly wun see this)

darker than black ends

time: 23.30pm

And so ends Darker than Black, a anime that i began before my exams, forced myself to stop watching at episode 12 and finally finished it to episode 25 today.

The ending was bittersweet, so unlike alot of animes. No loud bangs and explosions, just a quiet reflective end to all the chaos. People came and left and many of the main characters perished. I loved how each character was given a chance to develop, so much so that we see beyond the inhuman dolls and unfeeling contractors. yin and Hei must be my favourite characters, and i especially loved the scene where Hei sat next to Kirihara. Their sincere conversation and idle activities despite the harsh reality of Hei's true identity. The shot of their hands, so close yet never touching just made me so sad. :( I think the last few episodes really wrapped it up very nicely.




In a world where the real stars have disappeared because of the appearance of a hell gate, contractors and humans live along side. Organisations from both sides attempt to eliminate the other. Contractors are people with special abilities, supposedly incapable of feeling and only rational thinking. Every time a contractor dies, a star falls from the sky. Hei is a contractor, living by the rules of his organisation, but sometimes in conflict with his emotional self, something uncharacteristic of a contractor. And his true identity kind of surprised me at the end. As the story went on, i really grew to like other contractors like November 11, but he died. :( that really tore me up. sigh

I bet no one has a idea what the hell i am talking about. haha. I've no idea how anime managed to capture my imagination in this way. Not all types, but those that speak of a world that does not exist in ours.

I dont think there will be a part 2 to it, but while it lasted, i loved it. :)

merry christmas

time: 21.58pm

Merry Christmas and hello world. :)

I cant believe the year is almost over. Well..officially, there is still about 7 days to the new year. But, you know how Christmas greetings always goes "merry christmas and a happy new year". Makes you feel, that the year is really over by christmas!

Song s-ign has come to a close, and wow, what a experience. Last year, i stood as a reluctant junior, dragging myself to each and every session, 4 times a week. This year, i found so much more joy and anticipation. Besides the helping out, there were the long hours(that could last till midnight), trying to perfect our own senior performance. And this should be my last year as an active seior. As someone aptly put it- " last year, we preformed, this year, we are senior attaches, next year, we will be grand seniors just coming back to comment on mass performances, and in two years, we will just be 路人甲." lol. sadly true, but i guess we shouldn't lament what we can no longer possess, but look back and be grateful for the chances that we had.

pictures of my junior group, who signed to this really bimbotic version of L*ast Christmas by Hi*llary Duff. Haha, the song soon stuck however.



Jayne and hwee being lovestruck!

And my dear fellow seniors :)

(dun ask me why we are posing with zhuo wen xuan poster!)


And what would song sign be without our gift exchange? :)





The 22nd of dec marked the last day of performance at Junction 8, but i believe it will be the start for all the new volunteers. Its amazing how fast how time flies but no matter how fleeting the moment, i'm glad i got to enjoy it. :)Of course, having a old fren with you along the way also makes it much sweeter. :)

[hello babe!]

then on the 23rd of dec, met up with a bunch that i have not seen for a long time- My dear schoolmates! Goodness knows when will be the next time we can have another chance to gather like that, with most of us going for exchange. No more gathering round the benches on school days. Im going to miss all the laughter and idle chit chatting. Knowing that they are around makes going to school something so much more enjoyable, and while we are all away, lets not drift too far. 6 months is not a long time i know, but things change. Lets hope our friendship doesnt. And thanks guys for making school life so very uber colourful. Never a dull moment la. :)

Anw, dinner that night was really good, thanks to master chef leigh and her capable assistant cooks(me!daph!lays!). haha



Bacon wrapped mushrooms and asparagus, pasta and apricot pork chops. There was also yummy apple crumble and oreo cheesecake(by char). *slurp*

And definitely good company.




still an hour plus left of christmas. I hope this has been a magical year for all of you. :) cheerio

mia-ing

time: 13.52pm

where have i been? Certainly not online.

I cant believe another week has passed. And besides my 4 times a week song signing sessions, other things have just passed in a whirl. But it has been fun hard work. haha brings back memories of my days last year, when i was the one agonising over my song and hating it to the core. :P

But other than that, i've been doing other things. For one, my residence permit has been approved and i've sent my passport to the embassy. I've also done a sentosa recee for my camp and managed to celebrate hwee hoong's birthday!

For a group of friends that meet only a few times a year, its always a joy to spend time with you guys. Even with gwen who is in the same school as me, it is rare that we get to meet up and chat. So near yet so far- a saying that unfortunately holds true in here. And with two of us going for exchange next year, we are going to spend 3 21st birthdays away from each other. :(





met earlier to write card and buy present. It has been two years since we managed to celebrate a birthday on time PLUS get the present and card. haha wee is a lucky girl.

and then later, we went ministry of food for dinner. must be the 3rd time im eating jap food at marina square.


haha ok, photos that are centralised looks weird, but im too lazy to upload them again. BUT i promise to send the photos to the 3 ladies soon ok? :D Happy Birthday again miss lim, bet you are enjoying yourself in hk now.

and what is Christmas without a tree?

nothing beats a outdoor Christmas tree. When you look up, the sky is the limit.
very nice. :)

next week will be the final week of song sign, with the performances and all. Song sign is using sign language to perform Christmas songs. If you happen to be around bugis on the 19th(wed), go take a look at 7pm. It can be rather interesting. :) Every year, the incoming batch prepares for it, and while my turn is over, its fun preparing it with them and doing the senior performance.

me and tech dun go

time: 23.11pm

me and technology dont go. yesterday was my lappie. I sent it down to the "doctor" today and i pray that it will come back safe on monday!

today...my desktop decided to get infected as well.

oh.my.god.

i have no idea how is it now. Frantically trying to scan it. and while it is still working, i can come here and scream:

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

i can only keep my fingers crossed.

damm lappie

time: 22.25

my lappie just died.

crashed. collapsed. destroyed.

im uber depressed and pek chek.

no more break tmr. :(

busy holidays

time: 19.45pm

this hols have been crazy busy and i have done something really bad.

I forgot about the handover bbq today.

shit, im so sorry to shannon, erwin, feebs and the new com for organising this. I cannot believe i totally forgot about it.

sigh...feeling really bad now. After this, im going to sit down and write down every event.

tmr, i get to breathe for a while. phew.

holidays

time: 21.45pm

have not blogged for quite a few days.

hello December. :)

time is slowly ticking away and soon enough, the year will come to an end.

It has been 4 days since my exams ended but already im exhausted! haha, just a little on what i have been up too.

thurs: celebrated rered's birthday with jal, feebs, grace and justin. Could the combi be any weirder? haha but the thing was, it was a fun night and there was an amazing amount of laughter. Happy Birthday jared!

fri: had the one life run with my dear cs friends. ok..i only did 2.2km, cannot complain tired or anything, sure kanna slap by daph and lays. haha Then it was a yummy lunch at central and a movie, then more rotting and dinner at redhill. woot. yes, im terribly lazy to go into details. but i had good, tiring fun. :)

urm..i had a great weekend with my family too. went balaclava with them. yes, i am underage (they only allow entry of people 25 years and above), but i guess they closed an eye since its a whole family (plus it christmas!). By the time we finished our drinks and got enough music, it was 12 plus. For the first time, took the night rider home at 1am with my parents. haha such an adventure to be roaming the streets of town so late at night with my family. No driving cause of the alcohol intake. a night of drinking, listening to live music and chilling out isnt what i would imagine of a family outing, so in a sense, it was kind of cool. lol. But it was really nice, plus, it was a treat from my bro. :) love outings like that.

then i had a 'great' ending to the night by losing my wallet for the xxxxx time. Im such a muddle head, one day i will lose myself somewhere. sigh. Really have to thank my lucky stars that i found it in the jap restaurant that we ate in yesterday. thank you lucky star!!! I was all ready to reapply for every darn card i had in my wallet. its worrying really, how i can try to be really careful, yet fail again and again.

oh and lastly, i've finally moved out of hall. As i lay in bed for my last night in hall, i realised that i was really going to miss it. Not the hall, but the room. The room that has given me a place to go back to after a long day at school and let me take short naps in between lessons or stayover during weekends to work towards my exams.

goodbye 16-2-240. :( i may not get you back again, and i will even miss how hot and stuffy you can be!